STAGE - Strategic Project Coordinator

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life?  Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.

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AXA’s purpose is to “act for human progress by protecting what matters”. We want to make the change from being a payer to a partner. In AXA Group Operations (AXA GO), our vision is to scale Tech, Data and Operations, to create a competitive advantage for AXA. The objective is to support all of AXA’s teams and empower them to take on responsibility in order to achieve this shared purpose.

AX Group Operations main activities are to deliver the common IT capabilities supporting all the entities of the Group as well as setting direction on innovation, IT architecture, procurement and security for all AXA as part of its corporate mandates

To achieve this goal, innovation and execution are our key drivers. They guide all of GO’s teams each day:

-          Innovation: creating and providing the foundations and opportunities for AXA’s teams who will develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of our current and future customers;

-          Execution: creating the environment that will enable our teams around the world to bring their ideas to life and deliver on the promises made to our customers.

Specifically, we aim to:

-          Further strengthen value creation for the entire AXA Group;

-          Support and encourage innovation within AXA;

-          Automate and integrate simplicity into our day-to-day work, while ensuring we effectively contribute to AXA’s mission and strategy.

The Group Operations teams include:

-          GTO and Group CIO: define AXA’s global IT strategy; promote the convergence of IT within the entities and provide them with shared services;

-          Group Security: protects our employees, our stakeholders and the AXA brand by securing information and managing cybersecurity, physical security and operational resiliency;

-          Group Emerging Technologies and Data: defines the Group’s data maturity ambitions; builds and manages the community; coordinates research and expertise; supports the less mature entities in terms of data; identifies market-leading technologies and develops disruptive technologies for the entities; creates use cases for specific technologies with the entities;

-          Group Procurement: defines AXA’s procurement strategy, guidelines and Group standards; manages relations with our strategic suppliers and accelerates business purchases;

-          Group Strategic Program Management: ensures the consistency of global projects with the Group’s strategy; oversees the implementation and performance of strategic projects;

-          GO Strategy: supports the definition and execution of the strategy for the entity, ensuring alignment with Group strategic orientations, and consistency within AXA GO

-          AXA GBS: offers shared services aligned with AXA’s business priorities;

In this context, you will be joining the GO strategy department.

 Its purpose is to define and steer transversally the implementation of GO Strategy, aligned with the Group’s strategic plan.

To carry out this mission, the team's main activities are as follows:

-          Define the strategic priorities of AXA GO. Define, monitor and communicate the KPIs associated to these priorities

-          Ensure the scoping, planning and goal setting of transversal and strategic projects. Support the execution and governance of these projects

-          Ensure effective communication across GO divisions and across organizational levels, on the strategic definition and implementation. Support transversal initiatives and manage interdependencies between functions when applicable

-          Steer GO investments transversally through the management of the Project Portfolio

Reporting to the GO Strategy executive manager, your core missions will be:

Strategic Project Management and Project Monitoring

·       Monitor progress: track deadlines, deliverables, resources, and timelines throughout the strategic initiatives process (to ensure they deliver on time, money and quality)

·       Monitor governance: set-up and attend governance meetings on strategic initiatives, monitor decisions and action plans

·       Adapt and understand the situation: demonstrate flexibility to adapt to evolutions in strategic initiatives, understand the issues specific to each initiative, and be able to adjust according to the needs and constraints encountered

·       Detect blocking factors: identify obstacles or blocking factors encountered in the implementation of initiatives and contribute to finding solutions

·       Alert when necessary: be attentive to warning signals, and quickly report any element likely to jeopardize the achievement of strategic initiatives

Communication and Reporting

·       Report on progress: collect the progress made on the various strategic initiatives, consolidate and present them in a clear and concise manner

·       Create documentation to facilitate action and decision-making: create and maintain up to date documents supporting the strategic initiatives at GO level, providing valuable insights and recommendations to support decision-making and operational efficiency

·       Liaise with stakeholders and ensure transparent communication: share with the various stakeholders involved in strategic initiatives. Gather their feedback, ensure their involvement and maintain transparent communication on the progress of initiatives, challenges encountered and actions taken

Contribution to Best Practices 

·       Contribute to the overall improvement: in collaboration with Organization, Process, Strategy and Data team, identify potential pain points and activities to improve. Act as a force of proposition, explaining what can be improved and how, based on factual elements

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…You will develop:

-          Project management skills

-          Understanding of main stakes and transversal strategic topics of an IT company

-          Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and international context

AXA’s recruitment policy has always included strong commitments to young people. With apprenticeships and internships, we are offering students an outstanding opportunity for professional integration. Apprenticeships and internships also enable us to benefit from new, critical external perspectives on the way we work, the tools we use and how we communicate.

Our apprentices and interns share a team’s life and gain professional experience, positioning them within a skills acquisition program. The talents detected among them represent a pool of skills for recruitment for our permanent and fixed-term job offers.

We see our differences as assets. In France, AXA has more than 76 different nationalities working together in diverse roles. And this is what makes us so strong! That is why we are committed to promoting equality and diversity at every level (gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc.).

…You like:

-          Project management

-          Information technology

-          Making pragmatic and solution-oriented proposals

-          Critical thinking in a constructive way

Training: BAC+4 or BAC+5

Target schools: Tier 1 engineering or business school, top university. International experience (e.g. international exchange) is a plus.

Soft skills:

-          Rigor and precision

-          Solution-oriented behaviour

-          Strong competences in collaborating with other teams and departments

-          Proactivity, autonomy and committed mindset

-          Good oral and written communication (in English and French)

-          Coachable attitude (using feedback to improve)

-          Professional behavior

Hard skills:

-          Good analytical and numerical skills

-          Project management skills (scoping, planning, monitoring…)

-          Ability to lead and animate meetings

-          Quick understanding of the issues at stake

-          Problem-solving and decision-making skills

Language skills: English (bilingual), French (operational)

IT skills:

-          Office 365

-          Good mastery of Excel and PowerPoint

• Package consistent of: 45 days of paid leave, flexible working hours and 2 days of remote work, salary structured of fixed pay and bonus as well as many other benefits;
• Friendly work environment in brand new building in Paris with innovative work space;
• Working in a friendly atmosphere with great collegueas!